X. Alejandra Castillo Smyntek

Alejandra is a filmmaker, an artist, and a PhD researcher. She has shown her video work at conferences, festivals, and galleries in the US, Chile, and the UK. She enjoys making digital artwork, as well as writing creative stories and poems. She has done radio and television feature productions including interviews, commentaries and sound landscapes. She has combined her graduate studies in Screen Studies & Cultural Studies in her own research work and teaching. She has taught Spanish language, Hispanic literatures, cultures & film at the university level nationally and internationally. Her faith is a big component of her work and daily life. She enjoys family life, traveling, dancing, singing, and being actively involved in the church.